This Is Football

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This Is Football
This is Football logo.png
Genre(s) Sports
Developer(s) Team Soho (1999-2001)
London Studio (2002-06)
Sports Director Limited (2010)
Publisher(s) Sony Computer Entertainment
Platform(s) PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable
First release This Is Football
10 December 1999
Latest release This Is Football Management
11 February 2010

This Is Football (known in North America as World Tour Soccer) is a football video game series that was originally developed by Team Soho until they were merged into London Studio for the next five games. Sports Director Limited took over developing the latest game.

Contents

Games

Aggregate review scores
Game Metacritic
This Is Football N/A
This Is Football 2 N/A
This Is Football 2002 77/100 [1]
This Is Football 2003 78/100 [2]
This Is Football 2004 68/100 [3]
This Is Football 2005 56/100 [4]
World Tour Soccer: Challenge Edition 70/100 [5]
World Tour Soccer 2 72/100 [6]
This Is Football Management N/A

This Is Football (1999)

This Is Football 2 (2000)

This Is Football 2002 (2001)

This Is Football 2003 (2002)

This Is Football 2004 (2004)

This Is Football 2005 (2005)

World Tour Soccer: Challenge Edition (2005)

World Tour Soccer 2 (2006)

This Is Football Management (2010)

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References

  1. "This is Football 2002 Reviews". Metacritic . Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  2. "This is Football 2003 Reviews". Metacritic . Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  3. "This is Football 2004 Reviews". Metacritic . Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  4. "This is Football 2005 Reviews". Metacritic . Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  5. "World Tour Soccer: Challenge Edition Reviews". Metacritic . Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  6. "World Tour Soccer 2 Reviews". Metacritic . Retrieved 10 October 2019.